When reporter George Gray's friend mysteriously dies at Clarke Hospital, Gray investigates a doctor who may be torturing his patients. By the author of Payback. 12,500 first printing.
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From Publishers Weekly
Ex-reporter and former baseball player George Gray, who made his first appearance in Payback , returns in an entertaining novel set in and around a troubled inner-city medical center. When his baseball buddy Joe Taft dies after being admitted to Philadelphia's Clarke Hospital, Gray takes it upon himself to discover whether the care Joe received was to blame. He poses as a heart-attack victim, and nearly dies as the result of an allergic reaction to a routine test, before enlisting the aid of Dr. Molly Hale. Their investigation uncovers evidence of greed and murder, setting them on a collision course with the respected John Walker, a psychotic physician who enjoys frightening patients, whom he then murders. Alternating chapters of first- and third-person narration heighten the suspense until the killer and his pursuer actually meet; an interesting subplot chronicles Gray's dogged attempt to deliver his friend's deathbed letter to a son who supposedly died at birth. This fast-moving, well-plotted story boasts more than the usual share of mysteries to be uncovered, as well as a level-headed hero who makes appropriately reportorial observations.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
A doctor who kills for pleasure, a power-mad hospital administrator, and a down-at-the-heels reporter are the main players in this entertaining, but improbable, medical thriller set in a hospital in gritty downtown Philadelphia. Dr. John Walker conquers his fears and obsessions by terrifying, then murdering, indigent patients with no living relatives. He then "enrolls" them (in name only) at a nursing home where Medicare payments are collected for care of the victims. Journalist George Gray checks himself into Dr. Walker's hospital to investigate a friend's puzzling death. After surviving a bungled operation, Gray finds adulterated medications, corrupt purchasing, and a host of other maladies. This book by a journalist/psychologist isn't good fiction, but omnivorous readers of medical suspense may be entertained. Buy if demand warrants.
- Joyce Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib. , Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Joyce Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib. , Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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